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Florida State University Libraries Florida State University Libraries 2016 The Historicity of Homeric Warfare: Battle in the 'Iliad' and the Hoplite Phalanx, c. 750 to 480 BCE Carlos Devin Fernandez Follow this and additional works at the FSU Digital Library. For more information, please contact [email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES The Historicity of Homeric Warfare: Battle in the Iliad and the Hoplite Phalanx, c. 750 – 480 BCE By CARLOS DEVIN FERNANDEZ A Thesis submitted to the Department of Classics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation with Honors in the Major Spring, 2016 2 The members of the Defense Committee approve the thesis of Carlos Devin Fernandez defended on April 19, 2016. 3 Chapter One: Introduction The purpose of this thesis is to examine the nature of battle in Homer’s Iliad, and its relationship to the actual practices of the Archaic period. In particular, it aims to focus on the roles of foot soldiers in Homeric battle, and how their features compare to those of hoplites, who first emerged during the poet’s own era. The renowned epos of war relates the story of Achilles’ wrath against his fellow Greeks during the final year of the Trojan War, and as such, contains innumerable scenes of combat. Though the epic tends to underscore the aristeia (‘excellence’) of its heroes, who are often engaged in single-combat with one another, the same episodes also illustrate the participation of the masses on the battlefield. I shall argue that these scenes of battle, and their representations of infantry combat, when examined with supplementary literary and archaeological evidence, are essential tools in interpreting eighth- to sixth-century BCE warfare, particularly the roles of the average citizen and the development of the hoplite phalanx.1 Background: The Dating of a ‘Homeric Society’ The Iliad has been rigorously analyzed in the resurgence of ancient warfare scholarship over the last few decades. This is not unexpected, despite the controversial nature of the epic’s historicity, due to its omnipresent influence during the Archaic and Classical periods. As such, it is sensible to turn to Homer for a definitive insight on ancient Greek fighting practices, especially those of the hoplite phalanx, which have been debated with fervor in recent years. 1 N.B.: All translations from the original Greek and Latin texts are my own, and abbreviations are drawn from the Oxford Classical Dictionary. The majority of the Greek names listed have been Hellenized from their common Latinized forms, e.g. ‘Polyainos’ versus ‘Polyaenus,’ with the exception of noted Anglicized forms, e.g. Homer, and of the use of the Latin ‘y’ versus the Greek ‘u,’ e.g. ‘dory’ versus ‘doru.’ 4 However, there is a challenge in using Homer as a historical source, since the Iliad contains elements of several historical periods without a clear distinction between each. Though set during the Late Bronze Age, c. 1300 to 1100 BCE, the epic was likely composed in the mid- 2 to late eighth-century BCE, c. 750 to 700 BCE. This interval between the dramatic date and the date of composition is troublesome, and raises the question as to which period the conditions reflected in the epic belong.3 Decidedly, the poem’s amalgamated nature and collective tradition inhibit a clear solution. Homer presents features undeniably reminiscent of the Bronze Age, such as the boar’s tusk helmet (Il. 10.260-65), the presence of chariots (Il. 7.13-6; 8.105-8; 15.352-5; 17.56-65), and the palatial structures of Creto-Mycenaean kingdoms (e.g. Odysseus’ palace, Od. 17.29-30; 22.132-41). Moreover, funerary scenes include rather grand observances (e.g. Patroklos’ funeral, Il. 23.24-45, 128-84, 216-225), burial mounds (Il. 7.81-91; 23.44-5, 255-7), and grave stêlai (‘stones’ or ‘pillars’) (Il. 11.371-2; 16.456-7), which suggest a Late Bronze Age setting for the epic.4 Conversely, and unlike the historical Mycenaeans, the Homeric heroes were cremated (Il. 2 Ehrenberg 1968: 8, Ferrill 1997: 91, Finley 1970: 79, Humble 1980: 99, Schwartz 2009: 105. M. Skafte-Jensen argues the Iliad found its final, ‘frozen’ form during the reign of Peisistratos, c. 560 to 527 BCE (Skafte-Jensen 1980: 96-103, 128-171) (Schwartz 2009: 106). Against Skafte- Jensen and a sixth-century BCE date, see Morris 1986: 91-2. 3 If the authorship of the Odyssey is credited to Homer, or at the least, granted a homologous date of composition, it will aid in the analysis of the ‘Homeric society.’ See Scott 1920: 337-9. 4 These episodes also feature the “occasional use of horse sacrifice” (Snodgrass 1974: 123). However, animal remains do not necessarily indicate sacrifice. Animal fat was used to urge cremation (Il. 23.166-9), and horses and dogs may have been interred as the symbolic possessions of their owners (Il. 23.173-4) (Mylonas 1948: 59). See Hamilakis 1996: 161-2, 165- 6. 5 4.97-9).5 Athenian burial practices show that cremation replaced inhumation by the mid-tenth- century BCE, and as such, point instead to an Early Dark Age, or a Proto- to Early Geometric, setting for the epic’s funerary customs.6 Alternatively, the Iliadic episodes may reflect a later date, and more than likely, one contemporaneous with Homer. The references to plumed-helmets (Il. 4.459; 6.9, 498-9; 16.137- 8), bronze-laden armor (Il. 4.199-201, 285, 419-21; 6.503-5), round shields (Il. 4.448-9; 13.405- 7), and naoi (‘temples’) (Il. 1.39; Od. 6.10) are characteristic of the Archaic period.7 It seems rather natural for the poet to have drawn from the realities of his own time to compose his epics. In fact, while it is clear Homer knew of the existence of Late Bronze Age, Dark Age, and Geometric features, it is equally apparent he did not fully understand their respective functions.8 5 Inhumation was the traditional rite of the Mycenaeans, and not cremation (Mylonas 1948: 67- 8), though there are exceptions (Musgrave 1990: 272-3). The burial mounds, a memory of the Mycenaean ‘beehive tombs,’ are often erected over the pyres of cremated heroes (Il. 23.255-7), though not always. (Mylonas 1948: 62, 65, 71). 6 For scholars who favor an Early Dark Age or Proto- to Early Geometric date for the practices reflected in the Iliad, see Finley 1970: 72, and Kurtz and Boardman 1971: 186. Morris challenges Finley’s claims on the lack of eighth century BCE institutions, e.g. kingless communities and iron weapons, in Homer (Morris 1986: 95-104). For cremation versus inhumation, see Liston 2007: 58-9, 69, and Musgrave 1990: 272-3. Musgrave briefly details a survey at the Kerameikos cemetery at Athens, which reveals a 97% increase of cremations from the Sub-Mycenaean period, when cremations are 3 % of the total, to the Early- Geometric period, when they make up 100% of all burials (Musgrave 1990: 273). 7 Though bronze armor was often used throughout the eighth- to fifth-centuries BCE, organic materials, such as linen and leather, were also implemented, e.g. the linothrax (Il. 2.529-530, 828-33; 5.529) (Schwartz 2009: 66, 70-5). It is worth noting the Mycenaeans also used bronze armor, e.g. the ‘Dendra panoply’ (Snodgrass 1965: 110-2). On the authorship and the date of composition of the Odyssey, see n. 3 above. For rectangular-shaped temples, see Snodgrass 1971: 408-13, in which he states temple architecture appears no earlier than c. 750 BCE. 8 As Finley rightly states, “[Homeric] poems retain a certain measure of Mycenaean ‘things’ – places, arms and weapons, chariots –but little of Mycenaean institutions or culture” (Finley 1970: 81). Furthermore, Grethlein suggests the poems’ pre-Archaic features provide information 6 Any material remains, such as the Cyclopean walls of Mycenae, would have garnered the attention of the Greeks, and must have evoked a distant ‘Heroic Age.’9 As such, these elements, which were passed down by the aoidoi (‘bards’) of the collective tradition, were added to the Homeric epics as “special effects” (Raaflaub 2008: 483).10 Acknowledging the dramatic date of the epics, Homeric audiences were not likely dissuaded from recognizing the “realistic scenes[, which corresponded] to their own experiences,” and enjoyed these episodes (Raaflaub 2008: 483). Though the ‘composite’ nature of the Iliad may seem troublesome, it is best to recognize the features atypical to the epic’s date of composition, such as chariot warfare, as consequences of the oral tradition.11 These characteristics are chiefly misunderstood in the poem, and simply augment the legendary backdrop of the epic. However, the elements not attested in Late Bronze Age, Dark Age, or Geometric period evidence, or not deemed patently fictitious, such as Achilles’ spear (Il. 16.140-4; 19.387-91), must be considered as belonging to the mid- to late eighth-century BCE, such as horsehair-crested helmets. In fact, several scholars now accept this view, and believe the epos can elucidate the practices of Archaic Greek warfare. The sentiments of J.V. Luce, which assert, “[the Homeric poems can be used] as evidence for the social on the “hermeneutics of relics in an oral culture,” rather than on their actual, historical usage (Grethlein 2008: 44). 9 Grethlein 2008: 44. Morris notes “total situations,” which are elements of the poem with a visual referent, e.g. the Bronze Age palaces of the Catalogue of Ships (Il. 2.494-759) (Morris 1986: 90). 10 Ehrenberg 1968: 8. On ‘epic distancing,’ see DuBois 1982: 12, Morris 1986: 89-91, and Redfield 1975: 36-7.
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